CFP: TESOL 2009 CALL IS Electronic Village sessions‏

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR FOUR TESOL 2009 ELECTRONIC VILLAGE SPECIAL EVENTS
TESOL 2009: "Uncharted Mountains, Forging New Pathways"
March 26-28, 2009, - Denver, Colorado, USA
EV FAIRS, HARDWARE FAIRS, EV MINI-WORKSHOPS, and DEVELOPERS' SHOWCASE

*DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Friday, December 12, 2008*

You are invited to submit a proposal for participation in one or more
of these TESOL 2009 CALL Interest Section Spe c ial Events. You are
welcome to submit proposals to more than one event, and it is possible
to have more than one proposal accepted (depending on space
availability and quality of the submission). Windows and Macintosh
equipment will be available at no charge, along with CD ROM Drives,
Internet connections, and (for the Showcase, EV Hardware Fair and EV
Mini-Workshops) projection equipment. Plan to bring a minimum of 100
handouts per Fair/Showcase acceptance slot since these are very popular
events!

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE EV FAIRS: Presenters have approximately 20-30
minutes to demonstrate their material on 1-2 computer(s) without
projection equipment in a presentation format similar to a "poster
session." Participants walk around the EV, dropping in and out of
demonstrations, thus precluding highly structured presentations. A
demonstration may be repeated a second time (an additional 20 to 30
minutes), if interest warrants and sp a ce allows.

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE HARDWARE FAIRS: A Hardware Fair is a variant of the
regular fairs, where presenters will demonstrate their material for
20-30 minute intervals, so people can go around the room and see the
event multiple times. The variation is that presentations will be on
devices which may or may not include computers, but may also interact
with them in some way (see description below for suggested items).

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MINI-WORKSHOPS: One or two presenters introduce a
topic to a small group of workshop participants. The workshop is
"hands-on" in a computer lab setting. Each workshop - with instruction
and "hands-on" practice - lasts 90 minutes.

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SHOWCASE: A selected group of presenters will
demonstrate their software or application for 8 to 12 minutes each. A
brief question and answer session follows each presentation.


_____EV FAIR_____
Coordinator: Roger Drury (roger.drury@ esl.gatech. edu
<mailto:roger.drury@ esl.gatech. edu> <mailto:roger.drury@ esl.gatech. edu
<mailto:roger.drury@ esl.gatech. edu> >)
WHAT ARE EV FAIRS?
In the EV Fairs, teachers or teachers-developers sh a re their use of
computer-based and/or internet-based resources. These resources can be
software (PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, Focus on Grammar, Word
Attack, Skype, etc.) or websites (presenter-made or public like
CNN.com, Yahoo! Groups, an online concordancer, etc.). Demonstrations
may highlight student projects, activities or curriculum created for
students or educators. Examples:

* Email projects
* Lesson plan archives for teachers
* Vocabulary worksheets using an online thesaurus
* Skimming/scanning activities using a local newspaper webpage
* Research/writing exercises for investigating Internet hoaxes
* A descriptive writing activity combined with HyperStudio
illustrations
* Web 2.0 activities, using social networking or SecondLife

Please submit your proposal(s) for the EV Fairs online at
http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html
<http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html>


_____HARDWARE FAIR_____
Coordinator: Randall Davis (eslrandall@yahoo. com
<mailto:eslrandall@yahoo. com> <mailto:eslrandall@yahoo. com
<mailto:eslrandall@yahoo. com> >)
WHAT ARE HARDWARE FAIRS?
Do you have an innovative, effective or otherwise interesting
instructional activity that utilizes hardware other than a conventional
computer? Do your students use hardware in an interesting way? If so,
why not share it with others in the EV Hardware Fair? Presenters will
be located at stations around the Electronic Village demonstrating use
of specific kinds of hardware like:

* handheld devices
* cameras
* po r table technologies
* smartboards
* clickers
* ELMOs
* MP3 players
* cell phones

It is suggested that you bring your own small hardware (as in hand-held
device, camera or cell phone) or ask the company (like Smart) to send
you a loaner for the larger equipment (like interactive whiteboards) to
demonstrate at the workshop (they are usually good about this). Some
responsibility for hardware by the presenter will be needed.

Please submit your proposal(s) for the Hardware Fairs online at
http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html
<http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html >


_____EV MINI-WORKSHOPS_ ____
Coordinator: Laurie Moody (LMoody@pccc. edu <mailto:LMoody@pccc. edu>
<mailto:LMoody@pccc. edu <mailto:LMoody@pccc. edu> >)
WHAT ARE EV MINI-WORKSHOPS?
The EV Mini-workshops are limited-seating ticketed events that provide
hands-on experience. Participants gain experience in adaptation of
software and/or hardware for CALL purposes and create products for
teaching and learning. Examples:

* Social networking
* Working with multiple media
* Creating Internet teaching and learning resources
* Developing online collaborative environments
* Students creating content

Please submit your proposal(s) for the EV Mini-workshops online at
http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html
<http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html>


_____DEVELOPERS' SHOWCASE____ _
Coordinator: Andrew Bowman (ielc.lab@wichi t a. edu
<mailto:ielc.lab@wichita. edu> <mailto:ielc.lab@wichita. edu
<mailto:ielc.lab@wichita. edu> >)
WHAT IS THE DEVELOPERS' SHOWCASE?
The Developers' Showcase is one of several ways in which the CALL-IS
disseminates information about computers and computer-assisted
instruction to the ESL/EFL professional community. The Showcase
provides an opportunity for t h e designers of ESL/EFL software to
display their work, and for potential users, software developers, and
marketers to examine and react to it. We especially welcome projects
produced by teachers for their own students or projects produced under
development grants.

This Showcase includes materials in the following two categories:
1. disk-based software, including floppy-disk, hard disk, and
CD-ROMs.
2. web-based software, including both programs that can be accessed
directly
from the web and those that can be downloaded.

The Showcase is not a commercial venue. Only work that is not yet on
the market will be considered. The following types of software are not
acceptable for the Showcase:

*Software that is already contracted with a publisher
*Software that has been offered for sale independently, or which the
presenter plans to
sell independently, including by subscr i ption or as shareware
*Software given away free to promote a commercial interest

Please submit your proposal(s) for the Developers' Showcase online
at http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html
<http://www.langconc epts.net/ ev2009.html>

TESOL CALL IS: http://www.call- is.org/

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